Rep. Scott DesJarlais says he has no plans to quit

Rep. Scott DesJarlais said he has no plans to resign and denies he intentionally misled voters about a past that includes his wife’s two abortions and several extramarital affairs he is believed to have had.

“I am human,” the Tennessee Republican told the Knoxville News Sentinel on Wednesday. DesJarlais, a physician, is reported to have had affairs with two patients, three co-workers and a drug company representative. “I don’t think I ever put myself out there to be somebody that was perfect. I put myself out there as somebody who wanted to serve the public.”

“She was not pregnant by me,” he said. “I don’t think she was pregnant period.”

DesJarlais said he regrets his ex-wife’s abortions, but that one happened during a difficult time in their marriage and there were complications with the other pregnancy.

“I guess as a physician, I was a fairly objective person,” he said. “I try not to be a judgmental person. [Abortion] was just not something that I put as much thought into as I should have, in retrospect. Going back, if I could change and do things differently, certainly I would.”

Where are all the right wing fanatics calling for his resignation? We won't hear a word from them because they're willing to overlook these gross violations of their principles if it gives them a grip on power. More "do as I say - not as I do" hypocrisy from the right.

Easy as pie,Scott.Just join the Congressional Black Caucus and you can damn well do anything you please with impunity. If Rangel can do it,so can you. At least you you weren't there with Kennedy and Dodd making a "waitress sandwhich" or drowning young girls on Martha's Vineyard.

The GOP thrives on low-information voters! Only the most ignorant would vote in such a hypocritical arrogant ignoramus! I just love "do as I say, not as I do!"

This isn't even a matter of forgiveness. This guy is a louse. And old fat white hypocrical louse. I would like to say I feel sorry for his constituents, but obviously they would rather have this low-life, than a rational human being! Their loss and plenty more to come!

What can I say . . . just another conservative hypocrite spouting an oh-so-moral message while ignoring it completely. Birds of a feather and all that . . . no wonder the republican party is fading into obscurity.